Master of the House (of Lords)

I was part of the Oxford contingent that had dinner at the House of Lords tonight. The dinner, which was much bigger than I thought (about 70 people attended) was hosted by Baroness Margaret Jay.

There was a small Caltech contingent at my table (which was indubitably uncoincidental); it consisted of me, a fellow Somerville faculty member (who was a postdoc at Tech), and a faculty member in chemistry who is married to a Somervillian.

Aside from that, perhaps I should just say, "What happens in the House of Lords stays in the House of Lords." Of course, based on the title of this blog entry, perhaps you already knew that?